grace note - An extra note for embellishment, not necessary for the harmony or melody. absolute music, abstract music, pure music - Absolute music (abstract music, pure music) is music for its own sakeâconcerned only with structure, melody, harmony, and rhythm.
Atrophic Pancreas. Atrophic pancreas is the wasting away of the pancreas usually from chronic pancreatitis or CP. CP is further defined as an inflammatory disease that is advanced and described by permanent morphologic changes and gradual formation of excessive fibrous tissue replacement of the gland.
U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Atrophy of the optic disk which may be congenital or acquired. This condition indicates a deficiency in the number of nerve fibers which arise in the RETINA and converge to form the OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC CHIASM; and optic tracts.